Engine Part 1

Well, I finally bit the bullet and ordered myself a brand new Ford Zetec engine from Kitspares, after much deliberation and shopping around plus hearing rumours that supplies of Zetec were drying up I placed my order and a shinny new engine was duly delivered on a pallet.

To make life a little easier I built a simple dolly on castors to move the engine around the garage floor, this was more useful for gaining some space back as the pallet took up alot of room preventing the wife's mini being parked in the garage!

A few pictures:

Before it can be installed some prep work needs to be carried out namely:

remove the inlet manifold / injectors

remove the exhaust manifold 

remove the fire trap

Fit spigot bearing

Replace filter with short filter

In addition to the above removal / replacement the following will also need fitting:

Alternator kit

Water rail kit

Throttle body (Single body plenum)

Gearbox!

Replacement inlet manifold to accept the GBS throttle body